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tiler beir arY' sr' Nil 0 t° 'n et Y~ tet , 004 to* An d of sor e t re of 1116 r. 71/1 001 , 0 11 )0 4 Cell W l ' ti , ' lfgr ttiln # til j e ' eISC mu P ii' ril ifl i 0 70 tV g (11° 1311 ' of , P 11 1 sit e of Or Ecclesiastical gstabliAment to enforce, with due fervour, but the mildness of Christianity, the doctrines of our holy national faith. it has bee n stated in sonic 'Of the Irish Journals that tha .CHANCELLOR Of the ExCHECtUER had pleaded himself in the House of Commons to re peal the Wi n d ow Tax in Irelant: in the course of the P r esent Session. The Right Honourable Gentleman last night contradicted this state rilent• It must b e remem b ered that a s i m il ar pledge was said to have been given by the late htr l . CORRY, but The Dublin Correspondent ; ou ght fo rwar d i rrefraga b le arguments to prove QM the assertion was wholly unfounded. tin uTlß4 0 F CusToms.—As these Ditties are now sedertnid tt e t the of Patliament, it is pre altered on the Tonnage of Ships will be to mi ' and instead of being charged On the GR . 055 Po se - d a g e 0 1' bur:hen of the ship, it will be mi ll ,:' ° l n the freight she nay carry. For instance, ar i d I , I 'IP has only FIVE ton of freight on board, oli tit utr inirthen is 390 tons, the duty is charged Th t tl e , l „ Qtt er, and not the former ! if in ballast, to e 11. ' ""es not attach. — Sorel this ought not 'Nilo SAL T h ie Si) * Pre Be , -- u'rt Es —More Petitions continue to be tli t ,;' l ,," to the Legislature for the Repeal of tx d - , u ‘nivs. We hope the Chancellor of the l a 1 1"1 4 er will be enabled to concede this Tax p 't `'‘ishes of the Public. • Pr t :'„ \ , ° BRIN K bRAINAGE.--ATlOther Petition was the -. ",'"ed against ;his Bill on Thursday last, from f eat c )r "Prieto rs and Overseers of Lands in Bed ;j;(,ll.4'vel, and praying to be heard by Counsel, ,‘ 1 ry as I ' s ' , met to. oun Thiltsdav, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coun t. was h e ld at the For,•ign Office, which was at i'aded by t h e E arl of LIVERPO,L. Earl of IVIIST SZL E ANDs 111 lIATH U BST, Viscount CATLEd t qb "' Vl4Cositit SIOMOUTti, the CHANCEL -1,1" ''r the EXCHraUSR, Mr CANNING, Mr. B. 41.4145 T, and Mr. F. RoBINSON. Yesterday, 4 : I I " o'doelc; another Cabinet Council was held ,C s same same place, which was attended by all the • l i, 'rex Ministers. The Council sat till past four h t ttk, Utter which Viscount CASTLEREAGH went D i rt 4111011. house, and had a long audience of the bt,, lN'e t REGENT, to report the result of the deli iltions of the Cabinet Ministers. NI he a'rrangements for the celebration of the te r il d " 4 of 4he Princt 3 5 ELIZABETH, it was yes iiltY Understood, have been so formed as not to t a e rfer e in any respect with the sittings of Par till'e4'• The • ceremon y will take place so early (4„ - . lh t o'clock on T ues d a y morning next, ar the liC enis Palace ; (37 yvhich -time the Officers of o irt . the L a d ies . o f t h e B e d c h am b e r, and all C er Perons whose presence is required by rep e l . Er quot e , h a l e received summonses to at-, 11 4 11 - Iler Royal Highness was born the 22d of 1 )1 /70.—(M o rni n g . Pogi ) ttli "l ettlay morning the eItINCE REGENT re -1.,,1NL.,,..vi5its front the Dukes of CLARENCE, Cuss ' .ua c i j -.1:3 1 and the Prince of HES,"E HoMBERG, like • and te" Of GLOU,CESTEB. the Princess AUGUSTA • Pri:,- asyn.,-..i1 - cuie 15lik- of YORK. . t tki ' Mttretk*TEß, the A'kes of, _ , ' ~,,,t, ,„ -, --,,,-.. di ne d • . , t it o v - 1 11 1 14 CE,,,ti, 'and 31,SSEX, %VIM t h e i r ( 411 . e ': 'Mother and sisters yesterday, at the 11,,, e 1 " 14 Palace. In the evening her MAJESTY Tire seirct party. o je Prin ce of tittssß FlomßEno visited her Ini,"TY and the Patetcessits )7:sten - lay after 1,, ---1 ' nt the Queen's Palace. In the evening his kl e p re" Highness dined with the Niarquis of ..ri• r " ub. Ai Vest "day mornin. Eat' BaTituRST had an an enCe o f , ,-, it . t ., ioll - -; I t i: l e r th a ie tric:E ss i e t t E n G i 4 N T at Carlton-house, ton tic i i. ( . _ tir, n r , ~ ile., , 0 bling of the Cabinet I t , --r•KstAN, the Barrister, has offered him : tiro. ) . ti represent N o tti n goam at the next Elec 'l:lte sixth p ort i on o f the O r d nance S ur vey, in. titlin g t h e greater part of Surrey, with portions 02m 114 p ,shir e an d Wil ts hi re, i s i n a f orwar d s tate , so preparation. A De nflation from Northumberland and DIIT' D.. r.., . are comin g to Town on the subject of the p h ,tie s on Coals carr i e d coas t w i se an d foreign 'he dep ressed state ' ot this branch of the Coast i ng Tra de calls aloud for relief. THE SOCIETY FOR P ROPAGATING THE GoSPEL I VOREIGN PARTS.—Welinderstand that some very Peresting communications have been received that excellent Prelate, the Bishop of CAL beuZl'A, which are lik e ly to prod u ce the most be ‘t,"cal consequences, from the liberal manner in t uleit they have been attended to by this enlight -4d and ven era bl e I nst i tut i on . I t a ffords us ;Pe at pleasure to find th a t there is a considerable )i t 'ession of new Members to thii Society, and we 1„ ) , °111 t a more enlarged scope will be given to its t '""itrs by the liberality of the Public, which h a nnut he better bestowed-than by increasing its Yt4B',.t)tr t o pf,,mote ex.itnsively the great obiccts of fi t T he following is the House List of the Gover ull ° Fs and Directors of the BAIA of England, for t year ensuing, viz. FOR GOV BRNORS. • George Dorrien, Esq. Governor. Charles Pole, Esq. Deputy Governor. • FOR DIRFCTOBS. Jobe Bowden, Esq. . J o h n H ors l e y P a lmer, Esq. Cornelius Buller, Esq, John Pearse, Esq. James Campbell, Esq. Richard Mee Ilaikes, Esq. Henry Davidson, Esq, John Baker Richards, Esq. Jeremiah Harman, Esq. John Stamforth, Esq. John Josiah Hulford, Esq. Henry Smith, Esq. Beesto n L ong, Esq. Audi eo. Hen. Thomson, Esq . Manning, Esq, Samuel Thornton, Esq. Ebenezer Maitland, Esq. Stephen ftiornton, Esq. William Mellish, Esq. Sam orl TE. Sir Th omas S care, Esq. %William Ward, urner, Esq. sq Jeremiah Olive, Esq. John Whitmore, Esq. _ ivIRILANcRoLY ACCIDENT.--We state with much regret, that Mr. ComEßFottD, Editor of the Patriot Newspaper, was accidentally drowned on Kat o day night. He liad dined with a Gentleman tear town, and Was returning 11; , rne, when he this4ed his way, and, unfortunately, walked into the Royal Canal, not far from his ow•n residence in .1t1133 c 11 tree t , -;.(Dublin Journal, .March 30 ) PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. Nitta, MARCH 30.-.—lhere is but one sound system of policy, and that is to adapt laws to manners, habits, and circumstances; what would be extremely proper for one nation would he baleful' for another, and what would be right under• certain circumstances would be entirely wrong Under sthers ; nations are like horses, some require the spur and others the rein, hence to follow the saute system with nations of such opposite dispositions would be worse than folly, it would be to call into exercise the bed of Procrustes. Yet this is what the principal part of the English Journalists do, they lay down the British Constitution as a standard, and judge all whets by it, consequently their reasonings, when applied to France, are fre quently ridiculous and absurd. I have already pointed out some examples of this truth, and shewo the French manner •of seeing and judging. strongly prepossessed in favour of our own Con stitution and principles of Legislation, it was not until I had maturely examined the subject under various points'o' view, and studying the French character with unwearied attention, that I could give a real and conscientious approbation to modes of Legislation %villa) were so different, and ap peared'so infeilor to our own. Il.tving ar4.•o at that conviction, I now hazard my opiiiietz on measures which I conceive of vital importance to France. In the first place I would premise that a Constitution once adopted, it is the duty of all parties to adhere to it until 'a solemn act of the three branches of the Legislature, modifies or abrogates any particular article. Now the Charter being the Constitution of the Fiench, the conduct of the two houses of Legislature should always he within the pale of that Constitution, i. e. the Charter. Article 16 of the Charter states, " the King proposes the Law ;" and Article 46. " no amend ment can be made to a Law if it have not been proposed or consented to by the King, and it it have not been referred to and discussed in the Committees." Such, therefore, is the Royal Prerogative as fixed by the Cortstitution. We' will now examine bow far the conduct of the Chamber of Deputies is in unison with these fundamental principles. In 1814, the King's Ministers presented a law on the finances (which in England you would call merely a Bill), it was adopted. Another law was submitted to the Chamber in 1815, which adopted scarcely any Of the donne:. it Vgibstitoted for it . a new law, created a new ;pull), 'anti, wowid not tven pet.e.94,!he --- to'withdraw the proposition, which served as a pretext for all these changes, viz. that of increas ing the quantity of wood allowed by the law of the 23d September _lBl4, for payment of the ar- rears. The Session of 1816 did not go ato far, how ever: in comparing the Pi ojet that was presented to it a'itl► the law of the 25th March 1817, it is easy to discover that the Chamber changed a great part of the Ministerial Projet. The Ministry cannot be ignorant, that the Ses• sion of 1817 had In uch greater• pretensions than that of 1616, .ind that - al bough a part of them has been abandoned, the Ministerial l'rojet has nevertheless been almost entirely changed, and that Ministry ough' therefore to tear what may happen in 1818, in which the Ministerial majority will be more than doubtful, if wise and prudent measures are not taken previous to the elections. It is, therefore, more than ti►ame seriously to op pose the encroachments of the Chamber and its Committees in financial matters, _and compel it to keep within the limits of the Charter and its re gulations. If reforms, if retrenchments are ne cessary, if circumstances require the repeal of any taxes, the merit of these ought to be reserved for the Government, which ought not to suffer its po pularity to be usurped by the Chamber of Depu ties, which increases by even the constitutional opposition of the Ministry to propositions decidedly contrary to the Royal Prerogative, but presented under the specious pretest of diminishing the burthens of the people. According to Articles , l 7, 47, and 49, the im posts ought to be presented to, the Chamber of Depaties. That on landed property can only be annual ; other taxes may be fixed for several years. Article 45 says, the Chamber shall divide itseL into Committees, to discuss the Projets whict shall be presented by the Kiog. • Article 46 we have already cited. These dispositions are clear and precise—Whav were the motives fur enacting them ? PARIS, Aram I.—One of my friends, moving in the first circles of society, and every way worthy of credit, intorm3 me, that he has seen a letter trout M. le Comte de FERRONN AY E, the French Ambas sador at the Court of Sweden, in which he wiites that " the French Ministry is Tegarded very dif fere:lay in foreign countries to what it Is in some of, the Cqieries of Paris ; that its abilities and its tiftnness are the objects of general admiration I and that for his own part be has found the disorder catching."' The Count de FERRONNAYE is a man of high honour and rectitude, frank and loyal, but,hstitAt Paris thrown into anti-ministerial circleS; and though he did not partake of all their sentiments and - thtir exaggeration, yet he found himself too for engaged not to adopt the political principles which were professed by those around him. As a member of the Chamber of Peers, he voted with the cote droit. At present, removed from the intrieues of the capital, he judges poli tical measures more soundly that , is done in the refracted medium of the Clubs of Paris : he has, in fact; returned to the natural amenity and modera tion of his character, and praises, without par- tiality, what merits praise. It May not be misplaced here to denounce to Europe the existence of a vast Conspiracy against the present order of things in France. I have it on the faith and honour of one of the parties. I asked en Ultra why, he opposed Miniiters in measecrt obviouhly salutary ? His reply was, " What can I do—we have all bound ourselves by oath to oppose every measure of the Ministry, right or' wrong ; we are determined on its over throw, and we have all individually sworn to leave no stone unturned to effect our purpose ; hence, I cannot retract, for I should be perjured. I re gret bitterly having taken the oath, which I feel to be rineonstitutional, and perhaps treasonable, but I have done so, and am bound by it." This Conspiracy against the Throne you will no doubt think is by the Jacobins;--no, Sir, it is by those who profess themselves its warmest defenders. It is by those who call themselves pure Royalists! ! SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Sailed the Isnbella, NALLIS, WWI convicts for New Smith Wales, having been released by the Customs.—A lugger of about 20 tons, under Dutch colours, with a cargo of foreign spirits, 540 tubs, and 24 bales of tobacco, has been taken by the Linnet cutter, off Hastings, and brought into this port. DEAL, APRIL 3.—A boat was picked up on the 29th ult. -near Calais, by his Majesty's schooner Pioneer, with the name of " Wilkin, of Sunder land," painted on the outside of the stern, and " Within," on the inside. A number of anithors are landed at this place for sar,age.— Itiehaains the Severn frigate. - • .- Arretatrourn. 4,-741 - rived a large fleet of coasters, and remain :wintI42.IIUSHI. MILF,ED HAVRN, APRIL I.—Sailed last everi• ing the Leicester packet, Captain STEtt.e, with the mail and passengers for Watesford. The whole Of the 'outward-bound vessels, which have bevn so lone-detained here, have also pnt to sea, excepting the William schooner, from Liverpool for Sotith'Anierica, and the Marchioness of Hunt- ley, from Smyrna (late under gaarantine), which vesse l s rema in with the Britomart sloop of war.— Arrived ihe Union, MATHEWS ; Gleaner, Davtas; Newport, SMITH ; .Hope, MASON ; Farmer's Ad venture, and Lady Kenmare—all timber laden, for Pembroke Dock-yard. Sailed the Plymouth buoy-boat for Plytnouth, having discharged her cargo of naval stores. APRIL 2.—Just arrived the Sandwich packet, with a mail and passengers from Waterford. PENZANCR, APRIL I.—The brig Dinas, EVANS, of and for London, from Carnarvon, struck , on the ituntilestone yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, and went down ; crew saved by a Mouse- hole Bay boat, and landed ihre.—The Dolphin, MILLIIII, of and from New Yarmouth for Milford, was run down last night by a schooner crew saved and landed here. EXECUTION.--Friday morning being the time appointed for the execution of John Little, for sheep-stealing at ‘Valtham Holy CroSs, Essex, and Wm. ['erring, for various burglaries at West- ham and IVanstead, at au early hour an unusual number of persons assembled upon the melan choly occasion, expecting, no doubt, to witness the execution of Judith Hale, but who, how ever, with William Brown, had previously re ceived a respite during the pleasure of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. ['erring was deep ly affected at his awful situation. 'Little, on the contrary, betrayed throughout the greatest indif ference,' and appeared lost to every feeling of re pentance. Whilst the executioner was tying the rope about his neck, he called out to a person among the crowd, whom he knew, "Jem, how are you, my boy, won't you-come up and shake hands with me before 1 start." The man was actually preparing to ascend the ladder for the purpose of complying with the prisoner's request, but was very prudently stopped by the gaoler, who immediately order< d him out of the yard. — After shaking hands and-kissing each oilier, the fatal platform gave way, and the llTlfOrtrnifite Men were launched into eternity. Little was 37 years of age, and ['erring 22. THE VoYAGE OF DISCOVERY ! NORTH WEST PASSAGE ! ! has called tort ii the enterprising ge nius of the British Government : the Expedition sails on Monday, but time recent discovery Gat Two (of the Thre , ) THIRTY THOUSADS ! arc Vet iu the %Viler', has aroused the ardour of all Ad. venturers to hasten with the utmost Expedition to EYTON, 2, CORNHILL, where the GOLDEN I'AS 'SAGE to wealth is easy Of access, and sure of at tainment, by those who APPLY BEFORE NEXT THUUSDAY, time Last Day of Drawing, when ALL the UttAtel) Ptaziss MUST ISE DRAWN.' 4 CON VEIrANCERS. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDITOU,—I think you are entitled to the thanks of the Country for the ready attention which you have given to the communications of those who are endeavouring to procure the enact ment of some Legislative measure for restraining the admission of improper persons as Convey ancers. The subject is one too important to be lost sight of ; it is a subject in which the public is deeply interested, and upon which I'aell:m . l4:ra may advantageously - legislate, without injuring private property, or preventing real Merit trout ris tug to that height iu the scale of society, to which, it studiously fnstered, it might eventually con- • duct its possessor. 1 env astonished that it bat not earlier engaged the attention of Parliament, and Cdil Only accnunt for its not having done so trout the facts which torn) the ground work of the applicat km founded upon it having not been, earlier introduced to the notice of our Legislative Assembly. It would be useless and impertinent in me if I were to attempt an explanation of the design of the projected measure, alter the able and conclu sive communications which have appeared in your valuable and nuly constitutional Paper ; but as a considerable degree of alarm has been felt by regularly educated men of the legal profession '(not being Attornies or. Solicitors), lest the intepded Bill should interfere with those rights which they have hitherto enjoyed, and as a formidable position may, thiough a misappiehensiotr on this head, be raised against the adoption of a mea sure, in the success of which all regularly edu cated Lawyers are intetested, I think you cannot .render a more essential service to the friends of the proposed Bill, than by insert big the draft of the Bill in your Journal, which will prove to client that their interests are preserved, at the same time s hat proper care has been taken of the interests of the public at large. • While I have my pert in my hand, you will per haps allow me to say a worg or two in answer to the observations made by a " Barrister" some time since iu your Paper. This Gentleman is a. strenuous advocate for the extension of Convey zincing Certificates to what be calls " Managiug Clerks ;" but does be not see the mopstrous lengths to which this extension would !tad? In 3 considerable office a Managing Clerk is cer tainly nec ssary he is a useful and efficient of.. fiver, and is, or ought to be, well remunerated by his employer ; but if he, after hawing become acquainted wi•lt his etapioyer's clients, is to oe permitted sans ceremonie to obtain his Certificate as a Conveyancer, in what a forlorn situati,n is his employer placed !—This confidential servant (as supposed) .might gain the car of some of his master's best clients, and before his unsuspicious patron were aware, might ; by becoming a mem ber of an Inn of Court, deprive him of his prac tice, and repay his - attention and support by the vilest ingratitude. 1 cannot agree with your Cor • respondent that an exception ought to be preserv ed for those managers; let them keep their terms or serve their clerkships, beim e they are pc , mitted to reap the benefits of what another has sown ; their patrons would then know how to act, anti would trot have to regret the loss of clients be fore they knew how' that loss was occasioned, I sincerely hope, Sir, all . regijAy - .0,,..d Sergeants, Barristers, Proctors, or Notaries, will write will ► t tornies. in , endee. vowing to prevent (at least in Retire t I • climb over the wall from experiencing the benefits of the " Fold;" and 1 fully trust that uo extra neous matter will prevent the adoption of a Jima.. sure which :has bong been wiented, and which, it pasted, I am confident will be attended with last• ing advantage to the country. I am, Sir, yours very frilly, A CONSTANT READER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY,. APRIL 3. BRIGHTON IMPROVENIENTS. THR ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BROWNE AND OTHER'S* The LORD Cbmwat.tott gave an elaborate jiidg. ment in this case. Ile over-ruled the demurrer allowed by his Honour the late Vice-Chancellor, thereby determining that the Attorney-General had the right to sue, and that the defeaints, the Commissioners appointed untler the Act of the 13th of the King, and the Act of Parliament of 1810, for making 4 rate on coal and coin) brought into the town of Brighton, either by land or water, for the purpose of keeping tie ground in repair to prevent the sea making an inroad into the em bankments, and for the better security of the shipping in the Port of Brighton, are obligated to answer the information, and account (or the pro ceeds of the rate they have already received and expended. OLD BAILEY. FORGERY.—Yesterday Joseph Davy' was indicted for having, on the sth of March, forged a certain order for payment of 124/. 10s. with intent to defraud Edward Stephenson and Co., bankers, Lombard-street. The prisoner, on being caned upon for his de fence, replied—" I have no defence to make." - . Lord ELLENBOROUGH stontotd op the evidence to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Guilty. PEMBROKESHIRE SPRING ASSIZE;. The Spring Assizes for the County of Pembroke commenced at Haverfordwest on Tuesday the 24th, and ended on the 213th of March, at which flu: following Prisoners were tried, viz.:--- William Day, upon a charge of sheep stealing, and Rachael Jenkins, for stealing in a dwelling-house, each received sentence of Death ; Stephen Williams, and James Fontaine, for uttering huge(' Bank of England notes, transportation, for 14 years; Joseph Davies, for receiving stolen ,: , inds, 14 years transportation; James Davies and John Edwards, for house-breaking, 7 years trati-pirtation; and Mary Dal ;es ; charged as au accomplice in the said burglary, 12 inonths imprisonment : William-Davies, fur breaking open a stable, and stealing therefrom ; and William Butler, for stealing from a dairy, each 12 months imprisoutuent; and 7 were discharged. Captain NRu.Tos, Master of the schooner Wil liam, of Barbadoes, from Liverpool for Smith America, was Ciqnlllitted to Havetfordwest Gaol ou Wednesday last, ci! , ,Fged upon the oath of two of the seamen belonging to the vessel with svong suspicion of having admini,tered poison to the former Captain of the William, so as to cause hi 4 death. The circumstance took place at sea, and occurred bevend months since.